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Thursday, *Fehr«ary 27, 1930 *V.. CQRMIOKs'MESSENGER. MsGOKMlCK, South Carolina Page Number Four MCCORMICK MESSRNtiEK Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 ESMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the JPost Office at Mc- ConniCfC, S. C.. as mail matter of the second class. ' DISPLAY ADVERTISING-^ 25 cents per inch for each inser tion: nothing less than 4 inches accepted for double column dis play, ncr less than 2 inches for single column display. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. BUSINESS READING NOTICES: 6 per cent per line for each inser tion, average of 6 words to line. WANT ADVS., 6 ,cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents per line, 6 words to line. All advs, set in body type, 6 bents per single column line; extra charges lor big type on all single column advs., except head and signature. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: —— Strictly Cash In Advance One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months .50 The Best Spirit Community co-operation is won derful. Its absence is lamentable. Where there is ho working togeth er, you will find a backward com munity. With harmony there is much that a community can ac complish. Without it every at tempt at improvement is wasted. One group o^ citizens can’t better conoitions if other groups are knifing them. All people can’t be expected to think alike, but if a spirit of give and take predominates, there is no reason why a common ground can not be found upon which op posing groups can meet and work in harmony for civic development x and moral improvement. ‘ Turn this thought over in your mind. It may develop a better one. X Down To Business People who don’t want to settle down to business sometimes find it epnbarrassing when the time comes tc settle up. Fault finding and grumbling over economic conditions may re lieve our exasperation to a slight extent, but they do not remove the cause for complaint. Patience is a virtue, and virtue wins its own reward, but only when both are followed to a log ical conclusion. Conditions in this country may not be satisfactory, but vociferous ly vcicing our dissatisfaction will not improve them. Patient and systematic efforts will restore prosperity in time, but uncertainty and continued vacill ation will have only the opposite effect. V/isdom points the road for us to follow. The way may be long and the toil may be great, but the reward of perseverance awaits us at the end of the trail. Advertise In Your Home Town Paper • The Oswego, Oregon, Review runs the following interesting quotation from the American Banker’s Magazine, using it as an advertisement: “No business in any town should allow a newspaper published in hii; town to go without his name and business being mentioned somewhere in its columns. “This applies to all kinds of business and professional men. It does not mean that you should have a whole, half or even a quart er page ad in each issue of the paper, but your name should be mentioned, if you do not use more than a two-line space. “A stranger picking up a news paper should be able to tell what business is represented in the town by looking at a paper. This is the best possible town advertiser. “The man who does not adver tise his business does an injustice . to himself and the town. The life of a town depends upon the live, wide-awake and liberal advertis ing business man.” ’ — rxt: Zander-Gump Wedding tonight at 8:30 o’clock." by Arthur Brisbane Big Corporation Useful On Crime's Highway Worrying the Burglar Education and Money The General Electric company has perfected a device to transport elec tric power over longer distances at less expense. The invention, called a “thyratro,” is described as a modified vacuum tube, adapted to power trans mission uses. Some day science will ‘‘hook up” the world’s great power stations of North America, Niagara, those in the Rocky mountains, on the Columbia river, Brazil, with other great sta tions in Africa and all over the world, as radio stations are now hooked up. Then will come wireless transmis sion of power, so that airplanes will be able to “pick up power” at various points in their journey. Instead of carrying tons of fuel. The research work done by such institutions as General Electric, Unit ed States Steel, Westinghouse, Stand ard Oil, etc., will give back to the public in increased prosperity a hun dred dollars for every one that those big corporations have ever received. JUST A rANT~DATE This country is traveling rapidly on the road that leads to thoroughly or ganized crime and complete contempt for law. A United States grand jury reports that officials supposed to suppress the sale of drugs are organized on a “racket” basis, misrepresenting their activities to get more money from the government. Some of them are alleged to be narcotic - addicts. The charge is made that the big men in the business can “buy their way out,” if they get in trouble. In the seven months past criminals and others have purchased three times as many pistols as were sold al together in the twelve months of 1928. A big demand for killing machinery. Sir. Louis Pierson of New York’s Irving Trust company delights in an noying burglars. He built, far under ground, below his new lifty-story building, a safety vault lined with toughest steel, thick as the ancient walls of Jerusalem, it is the biggest vault in the world except those of our Reserve Bank and the Bank of Eng land. ’ A Now !.“ surrounds ids steel walls with a thick layer of water, so. that the poor bank burglar, eveu if he did break through the heavy steel, would have to do his work in a diving suit, most awkward for handling dynamite and drills. lienry Ford, planning to spend one hundred bullions educating young peo- ple on his own lines, niakiug them “lit into life,” teaching every one u trade, wants no advice. He is right. No one knows better than he bow to prepare boys for use ful work. But Mr. Ford spoke hastily when lie said he wanted no advice on education from those that never earned or saved a dollar. The world’s greatest educators have not been money makers -or savers. Aristotle, who taught Philip’s son. Alexander, made no fortune for him self. Alexander, conqueror of the world, spent Collecting specimens for Aristotle, .greatest naturalist and phi losopher of the world, more than the total fortune left him by King Philip. Conrad Hubert, who changed his name from Horowitz, made many mil lions, loft $0,000,000 to useful charities, left $1,000,000 to liis brother. The brother, who sticks to Ids old- fashioned name, Horowitz, has been a humble court interpreter and lie says he will now devote ids time to German opera and charity. Why did the rich brother wait until he was dead to give a million dollars to his mother's oilier son? • Many of us forget the proverb often quoted by Nathan Straus: “What you give in health is gold, what you give in sickness is silver, what you give after death is lead.” Automobile makers will spend $15,- 000,000 scrapping old cars to clear the way for new cars ami moderate the second-hand cur nuisance. R* H. Grant, vice president of Gen eral Motors, one of the best salesmen in America, is chairman of the scrap ping committee. Perhaps Mr. Grant could find a way to ship those old cars, knocked down, to foreign countries—China, Africa, anywhere. Ten million old cars scat tered over the earth would soon cre ate an appetite for ten million new cars, just as the little car creates a demand for a larger car. An expert says that in nine years, from the end of 1920 to the end of 1929, stocks were going up 00 per cent of the time, and going down 24 per cent. The difficulty is to pirk out the time when they are going up. Two $50,000 speed boats, each carry ing three Liberty motors, wfth 28 knots speed, will help hunt rum run ners in New York waters. Other fast boats, costing $200,000, will be put on the lakes to check rum running there. From Anderson comes the an nouncement that Mr. Leon .\V. Harris will be a candidate for United States senator in the pri maries this year. Th* 1 announce ment, accompanied by his picture contains information, in some detail, that he is a gentleman oi considerable consequence and creditable past performances (he was a soldier in the World War), none of his opinions about the 6-0-1 lav/ and the illegal acts o the state department of education none on the tariff, none on prohi bition, none on farm relief, nqr. 1 on the reduction of armaments none on anything. In this he is, for the present, representative of the leaders of South Carolina none of whom takes the trouble to lead. Ground is thus laid foi the inference that he would vote on public questions as the people of South Carolina would wish him ( to vote, which is th*e public posi tion of Mr. C. L. Blease, the in cumbent senator, whom he seeks i to defeat. So far Mr. Harris of fers nothing but his record. It is a far better record than that of Mr. Blease.—Charleston News and Courier. It appears that those who are candidates, either avowed, pros pective or receptive for the two highest offices to be balloted upon in the democratic primaries this slimmer, are content merely to let it be known that they are in the running or contemplate entering the lists, with perhaps a recountal, lengthy or brief, of the records. But there is never a mention of how they stand on any issues of statewide import or significance. The voters are entitled to know of the candidates how they stand on the workmen's compensation act, the state highway bond issue, the 6-0-1 school law, the hauling of children to and from school in mo tor buses, the present taxation system and means and sources of revenue production, and what changes if any they favor. These are just a few of the things that candidates should declare them selves on. Do any or all of them favor the creation of a state de partment of labor.—Spartanburg Journal. x Short Weights (Anderson Daily Mail.) j In connection with all the criti cism and charges of short weights, incorrect measures, etc., now be ing heard, it may be news to some South Carolinians to know that this state provided against any such contingency back as far as 1923, when the South Carolina weights and measures act was passed and approved. Three stores, in Florence, Union and Spartanburg have been fined for selling short weigh packages in the past few weeks ,and J. W. Shealey w state commissioner of agriculture, commerce and indus tries, under whose department en forcement of the weights and measures act is placed, declares that his agents have been instruct ed to keep a close watch and to i prosecute all such cases as come to j their attention. “I expect to see 1 that our people get 16 ounces for a pound” he declares. | If sueh conditions really exist, it will certainly be a very simple matter to break them up in South Carolina, because our own laws on the subject are most explicit. Beginning with a long list of com modities, the state outlines exact ly how many bushels of each com modity shall constitute a legal barrel, and just how many pounds of each commodity, and the list is long and comprehensive, shall con stitute a bushel. The customer has but to v/eigh his purchase and report any discrepancy to the of fice of the state commissioner of agriculture or his agents and ac tion will be forthcoming immedi ately. The law gives the commission- ■ er or his agents liberal powers, authorizing entry into any place of business without a warrant for ; the purpose of inspection of any and all weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices, and , provides for his condemnation, seizure and destruction of any false weights or measures or falsi- , J fying weighing or measuring de vices. The law gives him the right to lock any device found to be i inaccurate, until repair or adjust- | ment can be made to render it accurate, if in his judgment, re- j pair or adjustment can be made I to give an exact weight or meas- I ure. Commodities in sealed contain ers or packages, which show the net contents on the outside, must i be in actual .quantity exactly as., Our deliveries are made at regular times every day and our delivery-salesmen are on time. If your ice is delivered at eight o clock one morning you may depend on it to be there at that time every morning. Your delivery-salesman is a trained man, selected because he is respectable, clean and dependable. He is happy to serve you. HEALTH GUARD ICE ■ - * '■ 1 . Carolina-Georgia Service Co. You may expect full weight from our employees. shown. Liberality is expressed by the law in this matter, if the deal er can show that even in case of j discrepancies, the goods were bought in good faith, and that i each package bears the name of , the packer, manufacturer, whole- : saler or jobber who sold it to the * retailer, then the dealer himself is not guilty of violation. First offences under this law generally have taken the mini mum penalty, but as the penalty ranges from $25 to $100 and 30 days in jail, Second offenses can be punished more severely. The Daily Mail has no reason to make charges of short weights or unfair practices against any one. Such charges have been fly ing thick and fast of late, and it seems to us that the fairest, as well as the simplest way to get at the truth of the matter is to j act directly for oneself. If for any reason you believe you are getting short weigiht or measure from any store, measure or weigh; your purchase, because the laws of your own state are ample to j give you all the protection you j need. , iXt Nation’s Capital Led The Country In Celebrating WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—From a cloudiness sky a bright sun with rays that held a promise of spring today bathed the Washington monument in a flood of brilliance as the capital city joined with the nation in honoring the memory of America’s first president. The sparkling sunlight reflected upon the clear waters of the his- -o-COMING TO THE-o- nmi: theitbes McCORMICK. S. C. FEBRUARY 28th; MARCH 1st HEAR AND SEE The Gleason’s—James and Lucille IN THEIR 100 PER CENT TALKING PICTURE “THE SHANNONS BROADWAY” WHAT A PICTURE. • Yea, Bo. Here they are with all the wise cracks and humorous situations that kept them on Broadway for thirty-nine weeks. Who? Why, Jimmie and Lucille Gleason, splashing laughs right and left in their up roarious picture of two small-time Vaudeville artists who buy a small-town hotel and show the natives some brand new tricks. IS ZAT SO? You bet it is. COME. ALSO—ith Mary Philbin and Charles Gradwin. SPECIAL COMEDY—“PINK PAJAMAS” MATINEE: Friday, 3:30; Children 11c; Adult 25c MGHT: Children 15c; Adult 35c. NEXT FRIDAY and SATURDAY "TONIGHT AT TWELVE” whose stately shaft has become one of the nation's most familiar ! landmarks. toric Potomac and shone likewise j Page said that thirteen states upon the quaint, old city of Alex- had named commissions in re- andria on the Virginia shore op- i sponse to the invitations of day on the occasion of the dedica- j T • 'u rri i tion of the Washington monument,; 11 ^LUG 1 eaClieTS Are All Re-elected (Ocilla, Ga., Star.) At a meeting of the trustees and the ! P^rons of the Irwinville school posite where in the late afternoon president and congress to co-op- Herbert Hoover, his secretary of j erate with the government in the war, the governor of Virginia, his ! bicentennial. staff and members of the Virginia I x legislature had arranged to gather i ^ p ow J er for a special ceremony in honor of the 198th birthday of George Washington. Before the ceremonies in Alex andria, the home town of Wash ington which is only a few miles Died Yesterday (Augusta Chronicle, Feb. 25.) Mrs. Wilson Warren Fowler, distant from his mount Vernon es- prominent here and well known ih tate, the congress of the United j Parksville, S. C., and Hastings, N. States and many patriotic societies | Y., died at the family residence in the capitol paid tribute to the hero of the revolutionary period here yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock after a short illness. She and the infant days of the repub- ; had been indisposed for about ten lie. weeks and was known to be Special services were held in chronically ill, having suffered a both the house and senate. , severe illness about ten years ago. Washington’s farewell address , but her death was a shock to a was read in the senate by Senator wide circle of friends. Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michi- Mrs. Fowler, prior to her mar- ; gan, who was selected for this by riage was Miss Amelia Cook, vice President Curtis. The gal- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis I laries were well filled but there H. Cook, and her father was at one were a number of vacancies in | time the largest clothing merchant seats on the floor, many of the in Augusta, the Cook Clothing senators being out of the city to company being a notable estab- participate in ceremonies at other lishment. In 1908 she married Mr. places. Fowler, who was then editor and Representative John Q. Tilson, publisher of the Hastings. N. Y. of Connecticut, president in the News and while residing there she house in the absence of Speaker donated a site to the Episcopal Longworth who is in Boston, church of that town for an edifice, shortly afterwards relinquished the Coming back South, they resided chair to Representative Pou, Dem- | at Parksville for some time, but ocrat. North Carolina. having much interest in Augusta Tilson said the day was one in Mr. and Mrs. Fowler made this which to celebrate the birthday of city their home about ten years Washington and added that it was ago. She is survived by her hus- “a custom that is of itself of no band, but no other relatives, means antiquity.” Funeral services will be heid at He mentioned the proposed St. Paul's church this afternoon at bicentennial celebration planned 4:30 o’clock. Interment will be in the present faculty were unamin- ously chosen for another year as follows: D. L. Wideman, Plum Branch, S. C., principal and teacher of high school subjects. Miss Vioda Forbes, Mystic, 5th and 6th grade. Miss Juda McClelland, Ocilla, 3rd and 4th grades. Miss Lola Lewis, Fitzgerald, 2nd grade. Miss Nita Luke, Fitzgerald, 1 grade. The school has experienced one of the best years in its history and a very fine spirit of optimism as to its future prevails throughout the entire patronage. The teach ers greatly appreciate this splen did endorsement of their year’s work. IXt Card Of Thanks over the nation in honor of the the city cemetery. Pallbearers 290th anniversary in 1932. will be J. H. Flythe, B. T. Lowe, William Tyler Page, clerk of the Louis Gardelle. Adrian Sherman house, and secretary of the Wash- and Warren Bothwell. ington bicentenial commission said tvt that 45 years ago he stood on the Zander-Gump^ Wedding tonight rostrum frofri which he spoke to-: at* 3*>00 6’clockr ' Sincere thanks and appreciation are expressed to the friends who showed their sympathy in so many ways during the brief illness and at the death of our dear wife and mother. W. D. Morrah and Family. txt Death Of Colored Man “Uncle” Dallis Mims died at his home in the Liberty Hill section at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, fol lowing a brief illness. He was 106 years old, and had spent most of his life in that section. He is sur vived by five children and 21 grandchildren. Funeral services will be conduct ed at Bailey Bethel Methodist Church by his pastor. Rev. Nance, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and interment made in the church cemetery. J. S. Stropi’^ - funeral ^service in charge. x.